Life History

Notes

• Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who was an Edwards. Odell took the name Edmonds and his descendants are still Edmonds.
  Elijah married Lizzie Webb after the death of "Maggie" in 1922.  They had the following children.
  Harding - 23 May 1923
  Merdia ( son ) Coledge - 14 Jun 1927
  Lizzie Webb had two daughters from her first marriage,
  Pansy Edwards Johnson and Laura Edwards ( unsure if she married)
  --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who
  
  1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
  Edmunds, Lidge Head M W 65 Married at age 21 NC NC NC Farmer [abt 1865]
  Edmunds, Elizabeth Wife F W 48 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [abt 1882]
  Edmunds, Laura E Dau F W 18 NC NC NC  [abt 1912]
  Edmunds, Pansy Dau F W 13 NC NC NC [b abt 1917]
  Edmunds, Odell Son M W 11 SC NC NC [b abt 1919]
  Edmunds, Hardin M W 6 SC NC NC [b abt 1904]
  Edmunds, Marti Son M W 2yrs9mos [abt Aug 1927] SC NC NC
  
  1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
  Edmonds, Lizzie Head F W 51 Widow Grade 5 b South Carolina Same house in 1935 [b abt 1889]
  Edmonds, Harty [Harding] Son M W 16 Single Grade 6 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  Edmonds, May Dau [matches the son Marti/Merdia] F W 12 Grade 5 b South Carolina same house [b abt 1928]
  Edwards, Lila [Laura] Dau F W 29 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1911]
  Edwards, Pansy Dau F W 24 Single Grade 4 South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1916]
  - page 13A -
  Edwards, Odel Son M W 20 Single Grade 4 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Harding Edmonds
  Birth Date 23 May 1923
  8 Vehorn St, Inman, SC, 29349-1629
  16 Beacon St B, Spartanburg, SC, 29301
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Harding Edmonds
  23 May 1923
  Died May 1986
  Last Residence Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29301
  SSN 251-28-7541 issued South Carolina (Before 1951)
  
  Obituary Summary
  Edmonds, Harding 63
  Residence 16 Beacon St, Powell Mill, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  Native of Spartanburg County
  Son of the late Elijah and Lizzie Webb Edmonds
  Husband of Katherine Horne Edmonds
  Died Thursday [29 May 1986]
  Services Saturday [31 May 1986] at Forest Lawn Funeral Chapel, Chesnee, by the Rev Jack Giddings and Tm Wilkes
  Burial in Springhill Memorial Gardens
  --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 30 May 1986 [Friday], p B5, Courtesy of Kelly Jane O
  
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  Harding A. Edmonds
  Birth May 23, 1923 South Carolina, USA
  Death May 30, 1986 Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
  
  Spartanburg Herald:
  EDMONDS, HARDING 63, Spartanburg, h/o Katherine Horne Edmonds, 5-30-86 p B5
  
  Parents:
  Elijah L. Edmonds (1865 - 1938)
  Lizzie Webb Edmonds (1888 - 1949)
  
  Siblings:
  William Calvin Edmonds (1888 - 1972) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Oscar Sheldon Edmonds (1891 - 1949) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Tembert Stroud Edmonds (1892 - 1984) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Thomas T Edmonds (1895 - 1984) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Manervia Edmonds Tyler (1895 - 1969) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Joe W. Edmonds (1898 - 1979) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Gurley Roosevelt Edmonds (1900 - 1994) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Willard Edmonds (1902 - 1987) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Hicks A. Edmonds (1905 - 1952) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
  Laura Edwards (1910 - 1978) Half-sibling [Dau of William Edwards]
  Pansy Edwards Johnson (1914 - 2009) Half-sibling [Dau of William Edwards]
  Odell Alonzo Edmonds (1919 - 1981) Half-sibling [Son of William Edwards]
  Merdia Coledge Edmonds (1927 - 1971) [Full brother]
  
  Burial Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  
  Created by Kelly Jane O Jan 16, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #83553006, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83553006
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Sources

• 1. Geneanet Messaging
• 2. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 4. Obituary of Harding Edmonds 1986
• 5. 1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm